Foxtrot to reopen fourth store in Chicago after April shutdown
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The comeback continues for Foxtrot Café & Market.
The convenience chain is reopening its location in Fulton Market on Wednesday. The location at 171 N. Green St. at Randolph Street is the fourth to be resurrected since the brand abruptly shuttered all its stores in April.
Those in need of a morning jolt are in luck if they visit. Foxtrot will be pouring free drip coffee between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. at the Fulton Market location to celebrate the reopening.
Foxtrot said it is also hosting happy hours with $4 draft pours and $7 wine pours on Thursday and Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The store will also debut its holiday coffee selections this month—among them Gingerbread Draft Latte and Iced Peppermint White Mocha.
In April, Foxtrot closed all 33 of its stores in Chicago, Texas, and the Washington, D.C. area, before later filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The closures came only six months after Foxtrot merged with Dom's Kitchen & Market, which also closed all its stores in April.
Foxtrot is now back with a new ownership group—including Foxtrot co-founder Michael LaVitola—and has gathered 45 former vendors to be part of the relaunch. According to Eater Chicago, not all of Foxtrot's former brands will return. Some refused out of frustration with April's sudden store closures.
Foxtrot has announced plans to reopen other stores in Chicago and Dallas through next year. Locations at 1722 W. Division St. in Wicker Park, 23 W. Maple St. in the Gold Coast, and 1562 N. Wells St. in Old Town, have already reopened.
Former workers for Foxtrot and Dom's parent company Outfox Hospitality have filed a federal lawsuit accusing them of violating state and federal worker protection laws by closing stores and laying off staff without warning.
